Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of OsijekCatholic Faculty of Theology

Lower level organizational units

Department of Biblical Sciences and PatrologyChair of the New Testament Scriptures

Place

Đakovo

State

Croatia

Scientific field, discipline, subdiscipline

HUMANISTIC SCIENCESTheologyBiblical Theology

Study programme type

university

Study level

integrated undergraduate and graduate

Study programme

Study of Philosophy and Theology

Academic title abbreviation

mag.theol.

Genre

master's thesis

Language

Croatian

Defense date

2018-09-26

Parallel abstract (English)

In thesis titled: »Her sins are forgiven for she loved much« we are going to analise intimation of God's mercy and love in Luke's display of Jesus'es encounter with a sinful woman inside of Simon Pharise house (Lk 7, 36-50). As the new exegesis-theological approach will be used on the first part of the thesis, we will devote a short overview of biblical textual analysis in a communication approach with special emphasis on the pragmatic strength and function of the text.
In the second part we will approach exegesis-Theological Analysis of evangelical fragment Lk 7, 36-50. In the first chapter of the second part we are going to delimitate the text and the expansive literary context in which Luke places this report by revealing Jesus' messianic identity. In Chapter Two, we will determine the structure of Lk 7, 36-50 based on a previous analysis of structural, syntactic and narrative elements. The third chapter, following the previously defined structure, contains an exegesis-theological analysis of the texts Lk 7, 36-50 which shows the way of looking from the viewpoint of condemnation to the view of mercy. The last, fourth chapter refers to the pragmatic function of this report, Apropos to the effects and reactions that the text exacerbates readers both in Luke's and the present time.
The first Christian community, like today's readers, met the current question of understanding God and human right as well as rejecting marginalized persons. In the report on the woman sinner and the just Pharise, the port of each of us invokes to change our own views and to transition from perfect justice to authentic love. The indispensable element of this journey is faith in God's mercy that raises, rescues and forgives, faith in God of love and life that the woman sinner did not lack.